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NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
The Acting Chairman reported that Mr. Albert L. Barrows had accepted 
the appointment made on April 30 as Secretary for the Divisions of Educational 
and States Relations. 
On recommendation of the Division of Educational Relations, it was 
Moved: That Mr. Vernon Kellogg be elected a member-at-large of the Division of Educa- 
tional Relations, with the recommendation to the President of the National Academy of Sci- 
ences that he be appointed a member of the National Research Council and assigned to that 
Division. {Adopted.) 
Mr. Yerkes, as Chairman, presented the following nominations of members 
of the Research Information Service: 
Mr. Joseph Stewart, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, Post Office Department, as 
oflScial representative of the Department. 
Dr. Edwin F. Gay, Central Bureau of Planning and Statistics, member at large. 
Dr. Raymond Pearl, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 
Baltimore, member at large. 
Moved: That the nominations of Messrs Joseph Stewart, Dr. Edwin F. Gay, and Dr. Ray- 
mond Pearl as members of the Research Information Service be approved, with the recom- 
mendation to the President of the National Academy of Sciences that they be appointed 
members of the National Research Council and assigned to that Division. {Adopted.) 
In behalf of the Committee appointed on May 13 with power to arrange 
with the State Department for the continuation of the Foreign Research In- 
formation Service, Mr. Yerkes, as Chairman, presented the following report: 
In accordance with motion adopted at Executive Board meeting May 13 the Acting Chair- 
man of the Council and the Chairman of the Research Information Service with the assist- 
ance of Messrs. Bancroft, Dunn, and Mathews, as members of a committee appointed to take 
action with reference to the future of the foreign information service, have prepared the fol- 
lowing resolutions. 
Whfileas the Research Information Service of the National Research Council, through its 
scientific attaches in London, Paris, and Rome, has rendered important service to the Depart- 
ments of War and the Navy and has effectively cooperated with other Departments, notably 
that of State: 
And whereas the importance of this scientific assistance has been recognized and appreci- 
ated by the Departments especially concerned and is deemed worthy of continuance; 
And whereas the possibility and prospect of closer commercial and social relations between 
nations renders especially desirable prompt interchange of ideas and results of research to the 
end that duplication of effort may be avoided, plans coordinated, and the progress of civiliza- 
tion furthered by effective scientific and technical cooperation : 
And whereas during the coming months and from time to time thereafter numerous inter- 
national organizations (some of them based on treaties between nations) will meet in Europe 
for the consideration of political, social, industrial, and educational problems of the utmost 
importance with present varied scientific aspects; 
Be It Resolved: That in the judgment of the Executive Board of the National Research 
Council the continuance of the Research Information Service in London, Paris, and Rome, 
is of vital importance; 
That in each of these centers a scientific attache should be maintained by the United 
States Government as an official representative of the scientific and technical interests of the 
Government and of the National Research Council. 
